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“DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENTS IN FAVOR OF AZERBAIJAN”

Politics

During the 59th full session of UNO General Assembly in December the issue on “Situation in 7 occupied territories of Azerbaijan” will be discussed. Under various appraisals, it’s the failure of Armenian diplomacy. What does Levon Mkrtchyan, head of ARF Party of Coalition think about this?

-It’s a dangerous development. Azerbaijan really tries to move the issue from the professional structures to parliamentary or international ones, where professionalism is lacking, and in fact, it gives a chance to make decisions upon emotions. The factor of Islamic states can’t be excluded here, either. And this will make the issue of another quality, Azerbaijani part thinks. They try to collect the issue by segments. But we and the professional structures – OSCE, Minsk Group etc must resist it. The structures noticed that the way leads to nothing, moreover, it resulted in the conflict exacerbation, and they tried to pass on to the professional manner of settlement, which justified itself – there is peace for some years. Those structures must assess return of the issue to UNO format as negative.

-Mr. Mkrtchyan, during the time of the former Authorities the process of Karabakhi conflict settlement was moved to OSCE from UNO format. At the times of the ex Authorities Karabakh was a full negotiating part. USA Senate 907 Resolution on Freedom Support was valid in the times of former Authorities. Don’t you think that regress is fixed over all the cited directions?

- I wouldn’t say so because the conflict is full and the history of it doesn’t accept the conceptions like “former and present Authorities”. The conflict itself has complications, and the settlement of it depends on resourcefulness of resisting those complications. The present Authorities inherited the unsolved conflict, and in a defeatist strategy in fact. Authorities dragged out the process, essentially looking for solutions and that policy justified itself partly. For instance, Key West was s success. In fact, it was joining of Nagorno Karabakh to Republic of Armenia as the radical settlement to the problem. Now all the approaches alike consist of more positive solutions than before.

-By the appraisals of some analysts and the representatives of ex Authorities, now there is a danger of losing Karabakh even. Do you agree to it?

Such kind of appraisals made by the former Authorities are based upon the present political situation in Armenia. They have the task of power change and delivering a blow to the power. I want to say that during 15 years serious diplomatic activity was spread. The activity resulted in both successes and failures. If looking at the aspect of conflictology, Armenian people are in an advantageous position now.